Some Cuneiform Texts from the Haldar Collection. Two Old Babylonian Contracts

• Two Old Babylonian contracts from a Swedish private collection are published. The known modern history of the contracts is described. The texts are given a historical and geographical context in the Ancient Near East of the Old Babylonian period (ca 2000-1595 BCE). The type of text, the people appearing in them, some administrative procedures and the times in which the contracts were written are discussed.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Studier av enskilda språk (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- Specific Languages (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Ekonomisk historia (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Economic History (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

cuneiform

Haldar

contracts

Akkadian

Sumerian

Ur

Larsa

Babylonia

Old Babylonian

Old Babylonian period

Relph

seals

sealings

Hammurapi

Samsuiluna

Rim-Sîn II

onomasticon

personal names

inheritance

contractual agreement

year formula

Assyriology

Assyriologi

Economic history

Ekonomisk historia

semitiska språk

Semitic Languages

ekonomisk historia

Economic History

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